I could have been....

So there was definitely a little voice inside a couple of times today, as I spent 5+ hours chopping and puree-ing, saying things like "I could be doing _______ instead...."/"I have so much to do before next week..."/ "Is this really what I should be spending my time doing?" This is a good voice for me to pay attention to because it deals with my relationship to time and how I struggle to manage it. On the one hand, spending time prepping the food seemed like an avoidance tactic for other things I need to do. On the other hand, it seemed like focusing on the cleanse is something very important for me to do. I think both are true, and it's another "spot" that's already presenting itself for me to contemplate on how to manage my relationship with time. I definitely have the tendency to take on too much, and at the same time, I am often confused about my priorities. Can anyone else relate to this? Not sure if I'm making sense...

At any rate, it has ultimately been a really nice day. My husband is cleansing with me for the first time, and it's already proving to be challenging for him, both because he's never had to limit what kinds of food he eats, but also because it's probably his busiest week of the year as a tax preparer! But most of those hours in the kitchen today were spent with him, cooking together, which is something we rarely have the opportunity to do, and I enjoyed it immensely. That alone made it worth while. I have a feeling this cleanse will show me again just how much I have to be thankful for. Because of that, I know that what I did today was exactly what I should have been doing.